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Shepherd of Fire amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Shepherd of Fire”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Harley benton WL-20BK Warlock. Studio version, Hail to the King (2013) — main rhythm riff (Drop D)

Original rig

Schecter Synyster Custom (Seymour Duncan Invader humbuckers) into Schecter Hellwin USA 100W Head (Lead Channel, Focus control tight) into 4x12 with Celestion V30s

High-gain, mid-forward British crunch with tight low-end tracking and sharp pick attack

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 amp model (or Super Heavy preset voice)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Noise Gate Block

Engage the onboard Mustang LT25 utility gate to keep staccato chugs tight and noise-free

Threshold 7 · Decay 2

Why these settings

The Mustang LT25 Metal 2000 model replicates the saturated EL34/6L6 cascade of Synyster Gates' Hellwin amp. We push mids and treble to 7 to compensate for the ceramic stock pickups in the Harley Benton and replicate the cutting bite of the Seymour Duncan Invader. The low end is capped at 6 to prevent the 8-inch practice speaker from flubbing out on the Drop D chugs.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm directly against the bridge saddles and pick hard with a stiff 1.5mm+ pick to get the percussive, metallic 'clack' on the opening Drop D gallop.

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